A HEMA fencer’s life usually consists of a few developmental stages. In the beginning, there is a motivation. We want to fence, for whatever reason. Then we discover the amazing and vast world of historical sources. We fall in love with various weapons, styles and we slowly advance to understand the mechanics of fencing and we get the basics of action vs reaction. Then we start to fight each other and we develop our own style, preferences and deepen our understanding. And so on.
All of the aforementioned can be achieved within your own groups. And, what is great: Many people today are pretty advanced and also successful fencers and teachers. The traditional teaching model A>B may become boring.
In this workshop we’ll try to take a slightly different approach at fencing education; all of us will become students and coaches alike and we’ll try to explore our strengths and weaknesses altogether. We’ll also examine some common sparring situations, various tactics and approaches; we’ll fight together and we’ll definitely have some fun.
Requirements: Protective gear for sparring heavily recommended. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to experts. Very demanding for stamina.

Greetings fellow sword fighters! It has been a great pleasure to be able to attend the IRS 2015 which took place in Dublin, Ireland this year (it was held in Netherlands last year). As I don’t own any 17th century replicas of arms or armour yet I was very fortunate to have an organizer (thank you Mike) organize a rapier for me to use throughout the event. I haven’t actually handled a rapier for the first time as I was given a brief introduction to it by Gregor Rozman (thanks Gregor for that brief introduction in Ljubljana a few years ago) but it was in fact the first time I have ever handled a 17th century Spanish rapier. I fell madly in love with it but will get to this part later. Več…

We are glad to announce we’ll have the privilege to host Janusz Sieniawski at HEMA Celje this September. Janusz Sieniawski is one of the leading instructors in the HEMA community and along with his sons Krisztof and Bartosz he rappresents a synonym for Polish saber fencing.

So, don’t miss the opportunity to attend a workshop held by the most iconic teacher in the matter. Register now!